Optimum beam configurations in tomographic intensity modulated radiation therapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 305-328

  Braunstein, Matthew ^a   Levine, Robert Y ^a  

^a SPECTRAL SCIENCES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONFORMATION; FILTER; GEOMETRY; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; THEORY; TOMOGRAPHY;

GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033953978     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/45/2/305     Document Type: Article

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